Axie Online

Chapter 18 - Stone Golem

19. Stone Golems? Not a problem!

After successfully overcoming various small fruit-shaped monsters in Mauren's forest, Rudy began to rest his body in a shady tree to recover the Health points he lost from the previous fight. While resting, he made several tens of bottles of Health Potion I. Don't get me wrong, this time he wanted to keep it in his inventory, not for sale.

Until 50 Health Potions were made, he suddenly could hear [System Voice] and a small transparent panel appeared in front of him.

"[Congratulations, Alchemist Side Class Job has leveled up]"

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Alchemist (Level 1- Apprentice 2)

Can process certain plants into Health Potion I, Energy Potion I, Poison Potion I, Stun Potion, Antidote, Stimulant Potion.

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Rudy's mouth opened slightly when he saw that his Alchemy skill level had increased to the next level. Of course, during this time Rudy had produced so many Health Potions that it was not surprising that the level of the Side Job Class had increased. In Axie Online, almost every active and passive skill has a level that can be increased through continuous use in large quantities. In short, it's like an exercise to have a lot of experience.

Even though Rudy's side Job Class had leveled up, he wasn't very happy because he still couldn't make another Potion due to not enough Materials accumulated in his inventory. Rudy still has Goblin's Eyeball, but he knows that one ingredient can't make Poison I like Rudy wants. Different from Health Potion I, which is the easiest Potion to obtain, Poison | slightly rarer to find and expensive if sold by someone else.

Rudy started to open the internet feature in the game and searched for any Materials needed to make Poison Potion I, Stun Potion, Antidote, and Stimulant Potion. Rudy couldn't help but sigh after seeing it, because he didn't have a single ingredient that could turn into the four Recipe Potions he just got except for the Goblin's Eyeball Material.

“Oh yeah, can't I just directly buy the required Materials in the Axie Forum?”

With this sudden idea, Rudy immediately opened the Axie Forum. Then He chose the buying and selling section of in-game items, and immediately looked for the Materials needed. In an instant, Rudy had bought up a lot of low-value materials that were needed in making Alchemists. What's more, it doesn't cost too much money.

“Why are Materials like this being sold at such a low price? Even though it would be very profitable if used as a Potion by Alchemists!"

All the Materials that Rudy just bought from Axie Online to make Poison Potion I and other materials are very cheap, even Spider's Poison I is sold for 30 Byl per bottle. Spider's Poison I can actually be used directly as poison with the same effect as a bottle of Poison I, but only lasts five seconds. Of course, this is not efficient in hunting mob monsters.

It seems that Rudy is not aware that players or NPCs who have a side Job Class, namely Alchemist, are very rare because special production Side Class Jobs such as Alchemist, Tailor, Blacksmith, and several others are very unusable in battle so many people avoid and look for them. Although Alchemist Side Class Jobs can be obtained with Job Class Emblems, these items are also very expensive and rare.

In Rudy's case, he is different. Rudy got the Alchemist Side Class Job not from the Emblem Class Job, but as a gift from a title that no player had even gotten since Axie Online was launched. This is a natural thing, who really wants to collect 300 Herb Leaf without stopping once the number of Quest Items in question is fulfilled?

After getting the Materials, Rudy immediately processed them into new Potions that he could make by increasing his Alchemist level.

In an instant, there were 20 bottles of Energy Potion I, 7 bottles of Poison Potion I, 4 bottles of Antidote, 5 bottles of Stun Potion, and 2 bottles of Stimulant in front of him. All this Rudy made in less than three hours. Rudy could only nod quite satisfied to see the results of his work.

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Energy Potion I!

Restores 20% of the Player's Energy.

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Poison Potion!

Inflicts poison on the enemy. Enemies hit by poison will deduct 20 Health Points every one second, lasting 30 seconds.

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Antidote

Heals the user's poison status.

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Stun Potion

Gives abnormal stun status for 5 seconds to every mob monster that is attacked within 10 seconds.

Gives stun status for 5 seconds to every player that is attacked once.

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Stimulants

Heals the user's abnormal stun status

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Rudy shook violently after seeing the terrifying use of the Stun Potion. Although not very effective against mobs or groups of players because every time He uses a Stun Potion on players, the rest of the effect will immediately disappear in his weapon, this Potion is very useful in dealing with mobs in large numbers because Rudy can stop the movement of all mob monsters for 5 seconds before 10 seconds had passed since pouring the Stun Potion on his sword.

Then, Rudy decided to make more Stun Potions using all the Materials he had. Because there were so many Materials that he could buy from the Axie Forum, Rudy could make over a hundred bottles of Stun Potion in an instant. He could only smile broadly at the results of his long hours of hard work.

When Rudy was having fun with his Alchemy skill, suddenly the ground he was standing on shook violently. Sensing the danger that seemed to be approaching, Rudy immediately stood up after loading all of his items into the Inventory and drew his sword from his back to be on alert. Well, when it comes to detecting danger, Rudy is an expert.

After two minutes of waiting while maintaining vigilance, finally Rudy could see a figure that made the ground tremble. A two and a half meter tall figure with a large body, one red eye, uneven skin surface, has a pair of hands and feet and makes a vibration every time he takes a step.

“Stone Golems?”

Rudy frowned slightly and narrowed his eyes with a hint of fear. The creature before him was a Stone Golem, one of the many types of mob monsters in Axie Online. Their bodies are made of hard rock weighing 3 tons so their attack power and defense are very high, but their speed is really slow.

What made Rudy a little scared was that his sword technique was useless against the Stone Golem. A creature with this high defense and weight is the natural enemy of players with the Swordsman Job Class and other Job Classes that use sharp weapons.

Indeed, one's Job Class does not determine whether or not a player can use other weapons other than the Job Class that has been chosen, but what Rudy currently has is Iron Sword +4 and Rare Ironforge Sword which of course is not effective against this mob monster. If only Rudy had a club, hammer, or other blunt weapons, maybe he wouldn't be so scared.

"If this is how it works the best option I have is to run away, huh?"

Rudy smiled wryly knowing that he couldn't fight this creature now. But before he could move his feet to escape from where he was standing, a pretty crazy idea crossed his mind. Rudy sheathed his sword and took a bottle of Stun Potion from the Inventory.

Then Rudy took eight steps back to make sure the Stone Golem wouldn't be able to reach him in the next ten seconds if his guess was wrong. After making sure there was enough distance, Rudy poured the yellow liquid from the bottle into his right glove. As soon as he poured the Stun Potion, his gloves gave off a dim yellow glow.

"Good!!"

Realizing his guess was right, Rudy immediately shot as fast as he could at the Stone Golem and threw a punch with his right hand as hard as he could. The sound of impact is heard in the ear and the Health points are reduced by 1%. Even so, Rudy still smiled happily.

The movement of the Stone Golem stopped completely and its body was enveloped in sparks of yellow electricity. Not wanting to waste this golden opportunity, Rudy immediately took the +4 Iron Sword and jumped high, then stabbed the Stone Golem's red-eye with all his might until it pierced the back of its head.

Cracks!

There was a cracking sound coming from the Stone Golem's eyes. Rudy immediately drew his sword and immediately jumped away from the Stone Golem's body. Since the Stone Golems' Vitality stats were very high, they could not be killed quickly. Even the Rook Turtle's Vitality Points Status was far behind this Stone Golem.

But strangely, when Rudy stepped on the ground, the Stone Golem fell helplessly which after two seconds later broke into thousands of pixels. Seeing the Stone Golem that lost in one stab from his beloved sword, Rudy's eyes widened.

"Eh?"